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根

JLPT N2 SL3 10 strokes Frequency: #620

Meanings

Root, Radical, Head (pimple)

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿰木艮

Etymology

Pictophonetic: tree

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner right-to-left

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コン kon

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ね ne

Words Using This Kanji

343 words total

Other (20 words)

根性のすわったこんじょうのすわった

fearless

根負けこんまけ

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence

砂糖大根さとうだいこん

sugar beet

根に持つねにもつ

to hold a grudge

根幹こんかん

foundation

根強いねづよい

firmly rooted

根深いねぶかい

deep-rooted

根太ねぶと

(skin) boil

語根ごこん

root

根掘り葉掘りねほりはほり

inquisitively

根気こんき

patience

根源こんげん

root

根性こんじょう

willpower

根城ねじろ

stronghold

根絶こんぜつ

eradication

根底こんてい

root

三乗根さんじょうこん

cube root

歯の根はのね

root of a tooth

歯根しこん

root of a tooth

roof

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